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Judge allows asbestos claim against employer's discharged executor

29th August 2018 | executries , reparation
Case law supports action to establish claim against estate

Scots law governs claim though asbestosis developed in England, judges rule

24th August 2018 | reparation
Place of delict remained place of deceased's work

Proof allowed in ex-fiscal's claim based on work stress

24th August 2018 | reparation
Judge rejects Lord Advocate's attempt to have case dismissed

Asbestos case win for family of wife affected by husband's clothing

26th July 2018 | reparation
Judge holds employers ought reasonably to have foreseen injury risk

Householders succeed in claim for Japanese knotweed encroachment

3rd July 2018 | property (non-commercial) , reparation
Court of Appeal upholds decision against Network Rail

Damages Bill introduced to regulate personal injury discount rate

15th June 2018 | reparation
Holyrood measure will require review every three years

SLC consultation process queried as committee backs Prescription Bill

15th June 2018 | civil litigation , reparation
Stage 1 evidence throws up new issues from welfare rights sector

Judge annuls criminal injuries compensation refusal in historic rape case

14th June 2018 | criminal law , reparation
"Exceptional circumstances" for not applying to be reconsidered

Motor Insurers' Bureau revises claim form for GDPR compliance

12th June 2018 | reparation
Old forms no longer being accepted

Draft claims management company rules released by FCA

5th June 2018 | banking-financial services , professional regulation , reparation
Authority to become responsible from April 2019

Appeal ruling adds to English solicitors' property fraud risk

18th May 2018 | property (non-commercial) , reparation
Buyers' and sellers' advisers both held liable for buyer's losses

Supreme Court vetoes insurers' bid to bypass protocol legal costs

20th April 2018 | civil litigation , reparation
Solicitors could enforce equitable lien under English law

Employers' insurers liable for door steward's fatal assault

9th April 2018 | reparation
Lack of intention to kill disapplied policy exclusion

Bill proposes changes to PI discount rate calculation

21st March 2018 | reparation
Different investments, and three-yearly reviews, under new scheme

Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling

28th February 2018 | commercial property , reparation
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge

£160m claim against Burness Paull settles out of court

11th January 2018 | professional regulation , reparation
Undisclosed figure ends massive conflict of interest suit

Defamation overhaul proposed in Scottish Law Commission report

14th December 2017 | reparation
One year limitation and express public interest defence among reforms

Footballers lose appeal in civil rape case

29th November 2017 | criminal law , reparation
Judges hold Lord Ordinary did not err in assessing the evidence

Council vicariously liable for foster carers' abuse, Supreme Court rules

18th October 2017 | family-child law , government-administration , reparation
Principles for imposing liability met by law and practice at relevant time

Childhood abuse limitation rule lifted from today

4th October 2017 | civil litigation , reparation
Act to remove three year requirement now in force

Draft Defamation Bill leaves an online gap, Faculty warns

18th September 2017 | reparation
"Comprehensive" scheme fails to provide for secondary publishers

Proper training needed for periodical payment order plans, Faculty states

15th September 2017 | civil litigation , reparation
Court-imposed settlements must be properly resourced: response

Government to change basis of calculating PI discount rate

7th September 2017 | reparation
"Low risk" rather than "very low risk" investments to be reference point

LSEW fails to have "find a solicitor" negligence claim struck out

30th August 2017 | professional regulation , reparation
Court of Appeal allows trial before determining issue of duty of care
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